Every word is true!
Xiao Yu's words kept echoing in Ye Yanxi's ears, making her feel dazed.
So the words he said in the Xiao Garden were all true. He even said that he would marry her in the future. Did he really have the intention of marrying her, not just saying it to Grandpa Xiao?
However, when the expectation became a reality, Ye Yanxi couldn't help but wonder what she had done to deserve his proposal.
She asked herself. She was just an ordinary girl. Although she was good-looking, as Grandpa Xiao said, there were many girls who were more beautiful and had better figures. But he had chosen her.
Seeing the astonishment on Ye Yanxi's face, and that she was still in a daze for a long time without coming to her senses, Xiao Yu had no choice but to hold her hand tightly and whispered in her ear, "I'll arrange everything in the future. You said you wanted to keep our relationship a secret until you graduated, so I'll wait for you until then. You don't need to think about anything else now. Just focus on your studies."
I'll arrange everything in the future... These words touched Ye Yanxi's heart. She felt loved and surrounded by happiness.
Ye Yanxi's small hand felt warm in his broad and warm palm. She didn't need to say anything. At this moment, she just wanted to enjoy his doting quietly.
The car was speeding. Ye Yanxi was completely carried away by happiness. But suddenly, Xiao Yu said something that really spoilt the mood, "Don't eat the roadside beef noodles anymore."
Ah, no more beef noodles?
Ye Yanxi came back to her senses immediately and stared at him, "Why?"
"Those roadside snacks are unhygienic and junk food. I said no means no!" Xiao Yu said in his usual overbearing and autocratic tone, "Look at the environment around those roadside stalls. There's trash and dust everywhere. The food there must not be cleanly processed. Don't eat them anymore. I'll let you off this time."
"..." Ye Yanxi puffed out her cheeks. After listening to Xiao Yu, she immediately retorted, "But I like the roadside snacks. They taste good. Hey... Can you stop being so overbearing? You even want to control what I eat."
"Besides the roadside snacks, you should also quit hot pot, vermicelli, fish balls and so on. All those things are unhygienic and junk food. They're bad for your health. And instant noodles. They're full of preservatives." Xiao Yu immediately started listing the food Ye Yanxi liked to eat, with a look of disgust on his face.
Ye Yanxi stared at Xiao Yu in disbelief.
This was not for her own good at all. He was just like a tyrant, making arbitrary decisions.
Those things were delicious to her. And she only ate them occasionally. But Xiao Yu wanted her to quit all of them. In the future, when she walked around the snack street, she could only drool at all those delicious snacks but couldn't enjoy them. This was simply the biggest punishment for a foodie.
Ye Yanxi simply kept silent and didn't bother to answer Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu thought Ye Yanxi had agreed with him, so he continued even more relentlessly, "And those street barbecue, stinky tofu and so on. None of them are clean. In the future, you should only eat in regular restaurants. Don't go to those dirty and messy snack streets."
Ye Yanxi couldn't help but say, "You don't let me eat anything. Do you want to send someone to watch me 24 hours a day?"
"Well, for your safety, I plan to do so. After you start school, I'll find someone to protect you 24 hours a day." Xiao Yu nodded seriously, "By the way, they'll also monitor whether you still eat those junk foods."
What did he mean by protecting her 24 hours a day? This was clearly surveillance.
She had just said it casually. She didn't expect Xiao Yu to really have this plan. If so, wouldn't she be monitored 24 hours a day?
And with her skills, why would she need someone to protect her safety?
As for being monitored on what to eat, this was even more painful than cutting her flesh.
"No way!" Ye Yanxi refused firmly, "After I start school, I want to study in peace. I don't want someone to follow me all the time."
"That's to ensure your safety!" Xiao Yu said.
"What's unsafe? And this kind of protection is just like being monitored all the time. It makes me feel uncomfortable all over. Besides, I'm just an ordinary student. What will other students think if they see someone following me?" Ye Yanxi thought for a while and then said, "Moreover, if you do this, it's no different from making our relationship public."
"If it comes to the worst, we still have to make it public." Xiao Yu patiently explained to her, "Although we've already told the Black Hawk Gang that it wasn't my men who caused the explosion in the warehouse last time, the real culprit has never been caught. The Black Hawk Gang probably won't let it go. And they also know about you. I'm afraid they'll do something bad to you."
Did this mean that Xiao Yu was going to go back on his word?
Ye Yanxi squinted her eyes and frowned, "If you really have to do this, I have a better idea."
"Let's hear it?" Xiao Yu glanced at her.
Ye Yanxi cleared her throat and her bright eyes flashed, "Before I graduate, we should keep our distance. That's all. We can talk about the rest after graduation."
Xiao Yu's face immediately darkened. The atmosphere in the car instantly dropped to freezing point.
"Xiaoxi, what did you say?"
Ye Yanxi pouted and ignored his expression.
He was allowed to make arbitrary arrangements, but she wasn't allowed to protest?
She pretended not to see Xiao Yu's angry eyes and looked out of the window at the tall buildings speeding by, "I think my method is the best. In this way, I don't have to worry about my safety at school. Our relationship won't be made public in advance, which will save you a lot of trouble."
She added silently in her heart that in this way, she didn't have to be restricted by him on what to eat.
"No way!" Xiao Yu said with a cold face and an uncompromising tone, "Either accept my arrangement or drop out of school. You choose!"
"..." It was simply too much for him to ask her to drop out of school.
She stared at Xiao Yu with wide eyes, "You want me to drop out of school?"
"So what? You'll be the safest only when you're by my side. And the annual profit of the Xiao Group is enough for you to spend several lifetimes."
Ye Yanxi was angry. Xiao Yu just wanted to lock her up in a cage and didn't care about her feelings at all.
Thinking of this, she suddenly got really angry and shouted at Xu Bei, "Xu Bei, stop the car!"
The car suddenly braked hard the moment she shouted. Before it came to a complete stop, Ye Yanxi quickly opened the door.
It was already dark and the streetlights were just coming on. There were a lot of cars passing by on the road. Fortunately, their car was still parked by the roadside.
The moment she opened the door, Xiao Yu grabbed her arm, "What are you doing? Throwing another tantrum?"
"I don't want to be in the same car with an unreasonable and autocratic person." Ye Yanxi tried to pull her arm back but couldn't break free from Xiao Yu's grasp.
"Let's talk in the car." Xiao Yu also frowned.
"No, I don't want to be in the same car with you!" Ye Yanxi said firmly.
"If you don't want to be in my car, whose car do you want to be in?"
"Anyone's as long as it's not yours!" Ye Yanxi didn't leave any room for negotiation.
Xiao Yu's face darkened. He pulled Ye Yanxi back into the car with a sudden force. She fell into his arms due to inertia. Then he wrapped his arms around her so that she had no chance to escape.
After closing the car door, Xiao Yu locked it.
After Xiao Yu let go of Ye Yanxi, she immediately tried to open the door but couldn't pull it open.
"Xiao Yu, you jerk. Let me out. I don't want to be in the same car with you." Ye Yanxi shouted angrily at Xiao Yu.
"You're in a bad mood now. Calm down first. I'll talk to you later." Xiao Yu squinted at her.
"I'm calm now."
However, Xiao Yu didn't seem to want to say anything. No matter what Ye Yanxi said, he ignored her. So the two of them started another cold war and neither of them talked to the other.
The temperature in the car dropped to the lowest point with the tense atmosphere between them.
Xu Bei in the driver's seat listened to their argument the whole time and didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear of being involved.
These two people were always like powder kegs. Neither of them would give in to the other, which always made the atmosphere extremely suffocating. It was really hard for him, the driver.
Every time they quarreled, they would get angrier and angrier. They always picked on each other's sore spots, which would inevitably hurt each other.
Xu Bei was really suffering. As an onlooker, he was the clearest about the situation. So while driving, he said, "President, your intention of protecting Miss Ye is good, but you can't be so overbearing and autocratic. Girls like snacks. My girlfriend is the same. Oh, by the way, Miss Ye is also very capable. You don't need to send someone to protect her 24 hours a day."
Xiao Yu just snorted at his words.
Cold sweat broke out on Xu Bei's forehead. Seeing that his persuasion didn't work, he then said to Ye Yanxi, "Miss Ye, the president is just worried about you. He's afraid that something bad will happen to you, so he wants to take the best protection measures for you."
Before he could finish his sentence, Ye Yanxi also snorted at him.
Well, seeing this situation, Xu Bei decided to shut up. He was afraid that if he continued to talk, the two people in the back might turn their anger on him. That would be really unfair. So he'd better focus on driving.
The car stopped in the garage of Qingyuwan. Ye Yanxi and Xiao Yu got out of the car quickly and at the same time slammed the car doors shut. The loud "bang" in the empty underground garage echoed, hitting Xu Bei's heart.
It made people's hearts skip a beat. Xu Bei felt a chill down his back. Fortunately, the war between the two of them didn't involve him.
Watching their backs leave from the rearview mirror, Xu Bei shook his head and couldn't help smiling.
The fact that they came back at the same time meant that Ye Yanxi wouldn't leave again.
In fact, Xiao Yu had known for a long time that Ye Yanxi had already met Grandpa Xiao. That's why he was so eager to take Ye Yanxi to meet Grandpa Xiao today.
Xiao Yu's actions showed that Ye Yanxi's position in his heart was self-evident.
The two of them started arguing again today. However, Xu Bei could tell that only one of them could win this time.